Chaplet Definition

chăplĭt
noun
A wreath or garland for the head.
Webster's New World
A string of beads resembling a rosary, used to count iterations in a devotional sequence of prayers.
American Heritage
A rosary consisting typically of five decades.
Webster's New World
The prayers said with such beads.
Webster's New World
Any string of beads; necklace.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chaplet

Noun

Singular:
chaplet
Plural:
chaplets

Origin of Chaplet

  • Middle English chapelet from Old French diminutive of chapel hat, wreath chapeau

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French chapelet.

    From Wiktionary

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